A free photography exhibition, previously on display at Glastonbury Festival, opens in Hull this Saturday 18 November. Spaces of Sanctuary depicts the extraordinary experiences of migrant mothers in the UK.

Saturday 21 January. Starting at Grosvenor Square, London, W1A, 12pm. We will march for the protection of our fundamental rights and for the safeguarding of freedoms threatened by recent political events.

The Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary was started in 2011 by a group of asylum seeking and refugee women who volunteered as Health Befrienders for the Refugee Council in Leeds. They "didn't want other mums to suffer as we had suffered"

On Thursday this week women were invited onto the Park stage to remember and honour the life of murdered MP Jo Cox. Billy Bragg led the crowd in singing, ‘We shall overcome’, and hundreds of us then marched to ‘The Sisterhood’ – Glastonbury’s first women-only space, opened by Emily Eavis in Cox’s honour.

Some concessions have now been won under the Immigration Bill including the recent news that the UK will now accept unaccompanied refugee children from within Europe. The last two House of Lords amendments on detention returns to the Commons on Monday 9th May.

Please tweet your MP or phone their office asking for their support on the detention amendments 84 and 85: 28 day judicial oversight and a 72 hour time limit on the detention of pregnant women. These are of vital importance in the light of other aspects of the Immigration Bill which is likely to increase detention.

Caroline Luca MP discusses next steps for the NHS Bill, which includes a clause to repeal the immigration health charge. Removing charges will significantly reduce barriers to health care and risks faced by vulnerable pregnant women and their babies across England.

Join us in taking action to support the cross-party private members bill put forward by Caroline Lucas MP on the NHS which gets its second reading this Friday 11th March. This bill, if enacted, will have a significant impact on women, babies and their families, by reducing the barriers they face in accessing essential health care.